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Protestors set up camp in London today
Climate Camp hits London

By Ian Dunt and Liz Stephens Climate Camp has descended on London today, with activists establishing their protest on Blackheath – the scene of the Peasants’ Revolt. Police spent the week urging protestors to tell them where the camp would be based, but Climate Camp organisers would only divulge the fact it was within the… Read more »

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Some prisons are housing almost double the number of prisoners they were intended to hold.
Overcrowded prisons ‘act as a university of crime’

By Liz Stephens Overcrowded prisons and high reoffending levels are being deliberately overlooked by ministers according to a damning report published today. The Prison Reform Trust published figures showing some prisons are housing almost double the number of prisoners they were intended to hold. The Trust also found that overcrowded jails were not preventing re-offending…. Read more »